UDA in talks to manage transport terminals
By Ahmad Fairuz Othman Published: 2010/10/09
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Property developer UDA Holdings Bhd is in talks with the federal government to manage integrated transport terminals (ITTs) in the Klang Valley and Johor.
UDA chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the Economic Planning Unit and the Ministry of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing had given positive indications for it to manage the soon-to-open RM570 million ITT in Bandar Tasik Selatan, Kuala Lumpur.
UDA has also submitted a proposal to manage a transportation hub in Johor Baru under the Iskandar Malaysia blueprint.
All tender proposals were submitted last year.
UDA is also interested in managing two similar transport terminals being planned for Gombak and Kota Damansara, Selangor.
"There is now an integrated transport hub in Bandar Tasik Selatan and, later, there will be others built in Gombak and Kota Damansara.
"We will have to apply to manage the other two terminals and it will depend on the government's approval," Nur Jazlan said at UDA Land (South) Sdn Bhd's Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House in Johor Baru yesterday.
UDA has 32 years experience managing transportation infrastructure, such as the Puduraya bus terminal, and aims to provide better services and open up retail opportunities for traders.
UDA will meet with Land Public Transport Commission chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar to seal the deal to manage the Bandar Tasik Selatan ITT.
"This is among the core businesses of UDA that could be improved. We currently have 30 employees at Puduraya and will have new employees for the ITT in Bandar Tasik Selatan."
On Puduraya, Nur Jazlan said that UDA will make good its promise of getting operations at the newly renovated terminal to resume on January 1 next year.
"Puduraya will be completed on time by December 31 as we have promised this to the Prime Minister and Kuala Lumpur City Hall," he said.